BRIARCRIER 3/25/11 - by Sy & Elinor Yuter and Rachel Leihbacher

BRIARCRIER
March 25th,2011,Friday 12:15, Recreation Building, Briarcliff Manor NY ROTARY CUB

TODAY IN HISTORY
1911 - Tragic fire at the Triangle Shirt Co. in NYC

MEETING LEADER Dean Dykeman

PLEDGE Sy Yuter PATRIOTIC SONG Sy Yuter PRAYER Paul Rosen

HAPPY THOUGHTS: Shelley - pregnant dog; Zen - Bishop John is not purchasing ticket; Ken- Sy promoting aide to Japan; Dean - for recent training session for Rotary President

ANNOUNCEMENTS - Elinor and Rachel have started doing the Briarcrier. Shelley - an estate planning seminar will be held at The Club. Flyers were distributed. The Briarcliff Booster Club will be sponsoring a golf outing at Trump National Golf Club on May 2nd at 1:00. Cost is $150.00 which includes golf, cart, green fee and barbecue.

SPEAKER AND SUBJECT - Dr. Krishnan Chittur, Esq., regarding consumer fraud

SUMMARY OF TALK

Dr. Krishnan Chittur, Esq., detailed two examples of consumer fraud: (1) where an insurance company wrongfully retroactively cancelled medical coverage and (2) where a bank promised a credit card interest rate of 8.9 % for life but, after a few months, constantly increased the monthly interest rate. In the first case a pregnant woman required a c-section and was denied coverage the last minute, with the doctor demanding a $5000 payment in advance. Both required a class action suit (where the plaintiffs include people with the same situation). Both cases required years of work but the plaintiffs eventually prevailed. Krishnan then discussed the problem of an arbitration clause in the small print of an agreement which was against the best interests of the customer because the arbitrator was selectable only from a group in favor of the corporation. In that case, he was able to get a jury trial and prevailed.

Elinor Yuter, Reporter
Rachel Leihbacher, E-xpediter

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Briarcrier 3/18/2011 by Sy & Elinor Yuter, and Rachel Leihbacher

BRIARCRIER
March 18th 2011 Friday Noon, Recreation Building, Briarcliff Manor NY ROTARY CLUB

TODAY IN HISTORY
1931 - Schick, Inc. marketed the first electric razor.

MEETING LEADER Julio Salazar

PLEDGE Sy Yuter PATRIOTIC SONG Sy Yuter PRAYER Dean Dykeman

HAPPY THOUGHTS: Sy - Holiday in St. Martin; Keith Safian - Happy to be back; Julio - good weather; Mark Seiden - article in NY Times; Ken - family safe; Bishop John vows he is not going to win the raffle (but did).

SPEAKER AND SUBJECT - Keith Safian, President and CEO of Phelps Memorial Hospital Center, speaks on the hospital and the future of health care.

SUMMARY OF TALK

Phelps Memorial Hospital Center was founded in Sleepy Hollow, New York by the families of the Rockefellers, Phelps, Dodge and the James Foundation. The first patients were admitted in 1956. The 1600 members of the hospital staff operate a vital, vibrant, not for profit full service hospital. The hospital is fully computerized, especially concerning medicines.

Phelps is affiliated with Mt. Sinai Hospital and Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center. They have a state of the art Hyperbaric Chamber which deals with wound healing, temperature exposures, carbon monoxide exposure and smoke inhalation. They have a new state of the art Emergency Department with 32 private rooms and are also classified as a New York State Stroke Center with specialty physicians. Phelps has ambulatory care and hospice care on the premises as well as excellent rehabilitation services. Phelps has begun to have medical students come and have their first hands on learning experiences with patient care. Phelps has also been training physicians from other countries. Phelps is beginning the process of becoming a teaching hospital by 2012. In three words --- Phelps is tops. We are lucky to have it in our backyard.

Picture of Speaker drawing a winning ticket from Dean Dykeman's basket

And the winner is: ?????

Elinor Yuter, Reporter
Rachel Leihbacher, E-xpediter

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April -May Rotary Programs - Sy Yuter

MARCH
25 *Consumer Fraud -- Krishnan Chittur, Esq.

APRIL
1 *Antique Road Show Adventure -- Susan Longo
8 *Mid-East Update -- Rabbi Amiel Wohl and Judge Samuel Fredman
15 *Missing and Exploited Children -- Peter Cimini, author
22 *Our Endangered Environment -- Commissioner Thomas Lauro, Department of Environmental Facilities
29 *E-Commerce -- Larry Wasserman

MAY
6 *Mothers' Day Event
13 *My Photographs -- Don Penny
20 *Treating Autism With Music -- Robert Accordino
27 *Children With HIV/AIDS in India -- Shobha Vanchiswar

*PROGRAMS CONFIRMED
Fax copy: Gazette Editor Gary Cahill - 271-4219 *
*Briarcliff Recreation Center, 48 Macy Road, Noon, 914-762-0111

Briarcrier - by Rachel Leihbacher

BRIARCRIER
March 11th , 2011, Friday Noon, Recreation Building, Briarcliff Manor NY ROTARY CLUB

TODAY IN HISTORY
1888 – The famous blizzard began in the northeastern U.S. resulting in some 400 deaths.


MEETING LEADER – Julio Salazar

PLEDGE Sy Yuter PATRIOTIC SONG – Sy Yuter PRAYER – Paul Rosen

HAPPY THOUGHTS – Ken – Families of earthquake and Tsunami, Dean – Happy it is Friday, Eric – Hawaii, Lent, Bob Amsterdam– to eye doctor, Mark – NY times realtor, Paul R, Antonnia and Shelley.


ANNOUNCEMENTS -


SPEAKER AND SUBJECT – Dr. Rolande Hodel on Drug Production in Camaroon, Africa

SUMMARY OF TALK

In Camaroon, Africa, the mission is to support Africans to produce drugs. Their vision is an Africa which is free of HIV – Aids. Camaroon is one of the worst places in Africa to produce the needed drugs. Labor is cheap and the people are bilingual, English and French. They are using an expensive machine to put pills into blister packs. The people don’t die of Aids, but their immune systems are suppressed and they die of meningitis or tuberculosis. The aim is to produce drugs locally to fight these diseases.

Dr. Hodel has been given a plot of land in recognition of her efforts.

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March-April Rotary Programs - by Dr. S. C. Yuter

March-April Rotary Programs

MARCH
4 *Senior Living at The Club -- Shelley Lotter at The Club (923-4050), not the Rec Hall
11 *Treating Autism With Music -- Robert Accordino
18 *Future of Health Care -- Keith Safian, Phelps CEO
25 *Consumer Fraud -- Krishnan Chittur, Esq.

APRIL

1 *Antique Road Show Adventure -- Susan Longo
8 *Mid-East Update -- Rabbi Amiel Wohl and Judge Samuel Fredman
15 *Medicine Production in Cameroon -- Dr. Rolande Hodel
22 *Our Endangered Environment -- Commissioner Thomas Lauro, Department of Environmental Facilities
29 *E-Commerce -- Larry Wasserman

*PROGRAMS CONFIRMED
Fax copy: Gazette Editor Gary Cahill - 271-4219 *
*Briarcliff Recreation Center, 48 Macy Road, Noon, 914-762-0111

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